Nostromo Chasma | |
Type: | Chasma |
Location: | Between Oz Terra and Vulcan Planitia |
Discoverer: | New Horizons |
Naming: | Informal |
Eponym: | Spaceship in the Alien films |
Nostromo Chasma is the unofficial name for a rift valley on Pluto's moon Charon. It was named after the fictional spacecraft in the science-fiction/horror film Alien, which in turn was named after the novel by Joseph Conrad.